Letters of the great kings of the ancient Near East [electronic resource] : the royal correspondence of the late Bronze Age / Trevor Bryce.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.Description: xi, 253 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 935/.02 21
- DS62.23 .B79 2003
- 15.51
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243) and index.
Setting the scene. The main players: the five great kingdoms. The interaction of the players: imperial administration and international relationships -- The letters and their themes. Letters and messengers. The club of royal brothers. Gift-exchanges. The marriage market. Sending for the doctor -- Historical episodes. The Syrian principalities. The warlords of Amurru. Hittite frontier correspondence. An extraordinary request. Letter to a Mycenaean king. The elusive Urhi-teshub -- Last days.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.